2007 Boo Shooting Season! : Not just for tropicals anymore!

[Roy]

I also think the Bambusa Emeiensis "flavidorivens" is a great looking bamboo. The one at Crowley's convinced me that is one of my top yellow with green stripe boos.

Boonut, I was wondering if you could go a little in detail as to why this one is one of the best yellow and green stripes bamboos for you. I personally have only seen a small start, and although its nice, I don't feel its any better than others. I think the yellow is kind of drab, as apposed to the bright yellow in B. vulgaris-vittata. So I am curious if maybe this one brightens up when it matures, or maybe has some other qualities that make it exceptional.

He does have a nice looking clump of Bambusa Emeiensis "flavidorivens":

[boonut]

Boonut, I was wondering if you could go a little in detail as to why this one is one of the best yellow and green stripes bamboos for you. I personally have only seen a small start, and although its nice, I don't feel its any better than others. I think the yellow is kind of drab, as apposed to the bright yellow in B. vulgaris-vittata. So I am curious if maybe this one brightens up when it matures, or maybe has some other qualities that make it exceptional.

I guess I like the one at Crowley's more than any other one I have seen. I have plenty of B. Vulgaris Vittata. Yet, it is nice. I think they just like an area with a little more rain. I have plenty of B. Eutuldoides "viridi vittata"... and it looks nice also but seems to be susceptible to different bugs. The B. Pervariabilis "viridistriata" I don't have, but everyone I have seen looks worse that any of the rest. This is all just my opinion.

The B. Emeiensis "flavidorivens" would probably be a lot more popular, but from what I have heard, it is very hard to propagate. The B. Eutuldoides "viridivittata" is the easiest to propagate... again, from my opinion... I have produced over 50 pots of it. I could have done much more.

Some of this is just personal opinion. I like a cleaner look... larger culms, larger leaves, and not as susceptible to all the bugs. Hope this helps. I wouldn't trade any of the yellow ones with green stripes I now have. I like them all.

[mike best]

I feel the 2 Bambusa Emeiensis varieties have the thickest, bunch of rich masses of leaves of any boo I have seen in Florida, so many in fact, that they cover the culms from the ground up if you don't trim them. I think the B. Vulgaris Vittata is the brightest yellow. In Orlando I will be driving down the road and now and then without fail they will catch my eye growing in someones back yard arching over the roof All you see is the bright almost fluorescent tops like this one I shot:



In my opinion they are the most attractive of the yellow boos in the summer and fall but unfortunately very ragged and sometimes with few leaves in winter as they can't take any cold without dropping leaves even in Orlando, Fl. To bad, other wise they would be perfect. In Maui they are all over and you would think they would be gorgeous but I noticed a different problem; the older and bigger they were the more "black sooty looking mold" would cover all the culms. I saw a huge giant one in Hana and went over to take a photo but it was covered and looked bad so I just left it. One women I went to visit had put an add in the paper for someone to please remove her "Tiger stripe bamboo" out of her yard as it had engulfed her house! Thought I was going to get a rare bamboo, alas they call them "tiger stripes" in Maui. I photographed this in Maui with the sunset hitting them and these had minor wind damage, other wise the culms were good.


Is not Bambusa dolichoclada yellow? Anyone have a good photo of one?

[boonut]

Bambusa Dolichoclada "stripe" is a really nice looking boo, but it has the Mosaic Potex virus. Crowley's has one and one at Steve Carter's house near Houston also came from Crowley's. Both look fantastic, but I believe both have the virus.

I could be wrong...

[mantis]

Bambusa Dolichoclada "stripe" is a really nice looking boo, but it has the Mosaic Potex virus. Crowley's has one and one at Steve Carter's house near Houston also came from Crowley's. Both look fantastic, but I believe both have the virus.

I could be wrong...

Do all of the B. doli's have the virus, or just 'Stripe'? From what I've found it appears that 'Green Stripe' and 'Silverstripe' don't carry the virus.

[Roy]

Bambusa Dolichoclada "stripe" is a really nice looking boo, but it has the Mosaic Potex virus. Crowley's has one and one at Steve Carter's house near Houston also came from Crowley's. Both look fantastic, but I believe both have the virus.

I could be wrong...

Do all of the B. doli's have the virus, or just 'Stripe'? From what I've found it appears that 'Green Stripe' and 'Silverstripe' don't carry the virus.

Bambusa Dolichoclada "stripe" NOT Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Green stripe' or
Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe'

[mantis]

Bambusa Dolichoclada "stripe" is a really nice looking boo, but it has the Mosaic Potex virus. Crowley's has one and one at Steve Carter's house near Houston also came from Crowley's. Both look fantastic, but I believe both have the virus.

I could be wrong...

Do all of the B. doli's have the virus, or just 'Stripe'? From what I've found it appears that 'Green Stripe' and 'Silverstripe' don't carry the virus.

Bambusa Dolichoclada "stripe" NOT Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Green stripe' or
Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe'

Thanks I guess I need to take a reading comprehension class.

[mike best]

Bambusa dolichoclada heyata
(Blowpipe bamboo)

I can't find much info on it, suppose to make a giant bamboo. Shoots are straight up.

[mike best]

[mr.mike]

I purchased a B. dolichaclada (2gal, planted 03/07) from Jim @ Bamboo Plantation. The only other words used to identify this plant were "Long Branch" bamboo. I haven't a clue if it's "stripe" - heyata" or what. I don't know if it's got MPV or not. It's still to small to get an idea of any identifying characteristics.
Any body have any thoughts?
Mike,

[foxd]

While half of it is in a pot, my "Buddha Belly" has put up two shoots. No shoots yet from the half I planted outside. Now if it is as cold hardy as that street vendor said....

Several of the MOSO seedlings I recently planted outside, are now putting up shoots.

F. nitida seems to have put up about the same number of shoots as last year. The shoots do look larger and perhaps it will reach 8 foot tall this year.

[serenityinbamboo]

My Oldhamii is finally shooting!! 1 shoot last week and a new one this week, measures at base 3"!!!Big for me! Gonna try to give Mr Mike a run for his money, but Have a way to go to catch up to Roy!

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[mr.mike]

That looks like a nice shoot Vicki! I'll have to stop by, with my ruler of course! I've got a few coming up too. Haven't measured an of them yet so we'll have to see who's leading the race (tee he).
Congrats to you!
Mike.

[foxd]

The recent rains seem to have triggered another round of shooting by my bamboo. Fargesia nitida, P.v.'Chrysophyllus' and A.gigantea have all put up shoots. I may have others shooting too.

The potted "Buddha's Belly" is up to three shoots now. No shoots yet from the one I planted in the yard.

[serenityinbamboo]

Mr Mike wrote....

That looks like a nice shoot Vicki! I'll have to stop by, with my ruler of course! I've got a few coming up too. Haven't measured an of them yet so we'll have to see who's leading the race (tee he).
Congrats to you!

You are welcome to stop by, I still need to get by there, but in the long run, you are winning because you have sooooooo many more shooting !!